Hundreds of historic buildings, civic objects, public art and monuments are listed on the Glenelg Shire Council’s heritage database, and the Council’s cultural collection ranges from social history items, to works of art, to objects of maritime significance, and a photographic collection documenting the Port of Portland.
Iconic pieces in the collection include the Henty Plough, used by the Henty brothers in 1834, and two magnificent oil paintings by Thomas Clark of Muntham Station and Portland Bay.
Aspects of the cultural collection are housed and displayed at History House (the original Portland Town Hall); Casterton Town Hall; and in the Maritime Discovery Centre on the Portland foreshore.